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From: jim@segue.segue.com (Jim Balter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Fix for broken tabstops on AT&T Sys V/386
Message-ID: <3853@segue.segue.com>
Date: 22 Sep 90 15:08:58 GMT
References: <523@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US>
Reply-To: jim@segue.segue.com (Jim Balter)
Organization: Segue Software, Inc. - Santa Monica, CA. +1-213-453-2161
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In article <523@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Steve Friedl) writes:
>     There is a bug in AT&T System V/386 Release 3.2 (and
>probably others) where the final console tabstop doesn't work.

I gave Interactive a fix for this that made it into 386/IX 2.2.
You should be able to get around it in other systems by setting tabstops by
positioning the cursor (e.g., with <ESC>[1;72H) and then setting the tab by
writing <ESC>H .